Acquired and inherited disorders of cobalamin and folate in children

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-136

  Michael Whitehead, V ^a,b  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Folate; Homocysteine; Megaloblastic anaemia; Methylmalonic acid

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DOWN SYNDROME; FOLATE METABOLISM; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

DIET; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33745146118     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06133.x     Document Type: Review

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